November 9th, 2011
In partnership with Smartish Pace, Friends of Mothers’ Garden offers a citywide poetry contest for Baltimore City residents. The winning poem will be engraved on a plaque and displayed in Mothers’ Garden (Baltimore).
Submit one to three poems on the topic of mothers or motherhood. Poems must be previously unpublished and no longer than 15 lines. Deadline: February 15, 2012. Electronic and paper submissions accepted. Contest is open to residents of Baltimore City only.
Email submissions:
Include your name, address, email, telephone number, and “Mothers’ Garden Poetry Prize” on the top right of your entry. Submit poem by attaching a Word or RTF file via email to [email protected].
Paper submissions:
Include your name, address, email, telephone number, and “Mothers’ Garden Poetry Prize” on the top right of your entry. Submit poem by mailing your entry to Smartish Pace, Mothers’ Garden Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 22161, Baltimore, MD 21203.
Judge: Clare Banks, Associate Editor of Smartish Pace
Mothers’ Garden is a public park located at the northwest corner of Clifton Park in Baltimore, Md. Created in 1926 to honor all of Baltimore’s mothers, the five-acre garden consisted of a rose-covered pergola, terraced flower beds, shaded walkways, benches, and a Japanese-style bridge spanning a lily pond with ornamental fish. This haven for mothers was presented to then Mayor Howard Jackson at a ceremony that attracted over 6,000 people.
Since 2010, the nonprofit organization Friends of Mothers’ Garden has held a Mothers’ Day event in the garden that is being restored through the work of volunteers.
